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Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Wrapping up March

Okay, I'm going to be upfront about it and admit it! I went stark raving crazy and bought 54 yards of fabric this month. Yes, I'm hanging my head in shame but with a slight twinkle in my eye...cause I've blown that goal all to h*ll! Next month I hope to do better cause I can only go up from the hole I've dug myself into! *sigh*

So even though there was a huge amount of excitement, due to "The Little Prince's" arrival...

...gratituous baby shot...

I didn't sew for two weekends, yet I managed to finish 3 garments using 6 yards of fabric...which when you think about it is but a drop in the bucket to 54 yards but at least I do have something going out! All 3 pieces were knit garments - fast sews - but "The Gladiator Dress" as I've taken to calling it...was a new adventure for me. The 4 piece set that the knit dress and the other 2 pieces are a part of still needs the skirt to be completed. I may or may not get to it this weekend, because I do have some out and about plans for Saturday. But it will be finished before the month's end because the cardigan, tank top and skirt will make a wonderful springy outfit.

I am not counting "The Dreaming of Spring" dress in this month's totals...because it's not done. However, I'm very pleased with the progress I've made on it and will finish it up this weekend. Now that the weather is getting warmer, the days are getting longer and my creative soul is seriously stirring...I plan on working on making quite a few more dresses...'cause you know how much I love a dress!

I'm making no pledges for April except that I will be sewing...*LOL*...and spending quality time with my sewing machine!!!

Gratuitous baby shot, love it! I'm on a self imposed fabric diet at the moment and it's hard, but I'm only doing it because I have enough stuff to pack for my move already. Soon as thats done I'm hitting the stores!

Bring on those baby shots! And the 54 yards? I say, if you're going down, go down in flames! Just kidding, but guess what? Life's too short to pass on simple pleasures like great fabric and cool grandkids.

Well....it was just a couple of years ago that I bought fifty something yards in May and still managed to make parity by the end of the year. You've got a head start on me; you can sew that up! Or at least sew up the equivalent thereof.

So long as things like theater productions or church costumes don't interfere with your personal sewing time ;).

He is totally gorgeous! Are you going to share these 54 yards with us? I know that the spring dress has some of it, but If I remember correctly, only 1.5 yd. I need some vicarious buying pleasure, having been good at only 2 yards.

You can just blame that 54 yards on pregnancy and nesting hormones you picked up by osmosis from the little prince's mother! You can even blame any extra calories you might have consumed on that too! Love the baby pic and love the dress.

54 yards? You're making me look like an amateur! I bought a lot of fabric in March, around 32 yards, so I need to get sewing. Good thing I have a service project to do in conjunction with the ASG Conference in July.

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"Looking good is not about what size you wear, but how well the garments fit!"

Connie Crawford

"Am I a fool when I dream of putting art into my dresses, a fool when I say dressmaking is an art?...For I have always loved painters, and felt on an equal footing with them. It seems to me that we practice the same craft..." Paul Poiret

"I think of myself as very basic. I am a craftsperson and I sew like that. I sew beautiful clothes. I am nothing more than a worker sitting behind a sewing machine. That's where I feel most comfortable, that's where I am the best. That's what I do the best and it is very basic."

"Style? It's a sense of knowing what you like. You don't have to be beautiful or slim. It's a spark. It's something that comes from the inside. This is what I am about."